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Thanks Digger. I just couldn't figure it out. I wonder where the phrase originates. I know pajamas comes from India.

I am so happy for you. Two days in a row. Will you celebrate these days? Maybe you might like to write, photograph or draw something that will bring back some of the joy of living when next it slips a little. A selfie? :) C:cool: O:p N:rolleyes: G:inlove: R:roflmao: A:singing: T:joyful...

Well, I'm 2/3rds of the way through Husband's Secret I wish they had made a page List of Characters in order of their appearance like at a good play. It is so hard to keep track of whose husband is whose, whose mother(-in-law) is whose and where, who are grandkids and who are kids. I might have...

When I got home from my mother's funeral, I skipped up my walk way singing, "Ding dong the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch." Not very mature but most ofher abuse happened in my childhood. Then later, I thought about going up to her grave with Round UP, which would kill...

Dear Kirsten, This may sound a little strange. I believe that some parts of us live in type of suspended time and it can be present in our own present time as well. This explains why it feels to you like it just happened. You feel completely retraumatised because you are. You have been through...

Help! Calling all Australian English speakers..... Would someone please explain this phrase for me. It is found on page 71 of Husband's Secret. I've read quite far past it but would appreciate knowing what she means. "the team for which she'd always barracked." Thanks ahead of time

Thanks for the grace period. My book came yesterday. Yeah, a good excuse for sitting out in the garden doing "nothing" I drive myself, must be working on something all the time. It's a run-away trick. so this book will be a safe haven.

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Sad. Another elder friend died yesterday. He wrote so many songs for our Handicapped Retreat community. I will miss him for a long time. It was a good thing yesterday that J + S and I were together for home church. I think my presence helped them stay steady. They got the news while I was...

When your anger and terror are so bottled up that it is hard to draw even a tiny breath. The memories are so hard it literally takes your breath away.

Maybe this is a good topic to bring to your T. For me, confrontation with your abusers usually doesn't work. You just don't get to hear the words you want and need. Vengence, as in hopeing they will suffer the same pain, IMHO poisons us. It creates a deeper and deeper well which fills with...

You made a good thread. It made me consider how I cope and when. Thanks

What you are remembering can not happen again. You are a grown up now. (I usually need to prove it so I take a peek down my shirt.) I will stay with you for a while if you want me to.

When my H STILL doesn't get it. He will come up behind me at the sink which is in a corner. Then he reaches over me to get something out of a cupboard. He really should have waited a minute. He's just lucky that I didn't react with a roundhouse slap on the cheek and a knee to his whatevers. This...

I have memory problems too. I actually bought a pair of earrings that say, 'in one ear' and 'out the other'. Sometimes I would like to cacoon. It sounds peaceful in there. At times in therapy, I feel the need to curl up somewhere no one can find me. I live in a family so there is not much...

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Numb, stalled, teathered like a falcon yearning to fly but enslaved by life's demands

When I in a size/age distortion and have to ask my H if I am holding a teaspoon or a tablespoon. I can't tell.

I'm not sure. Maybe a search on threads about creativity or poems would work. If not ask the help desk.

Yeah, I get it. Times like this with a therapist are like feeling stuck on some plateau. It seems like no forward progress is happening. For me looking back, these times are when my mind was on making small adjustments to what I have already worked on. Consolidation and clarity were the fruits...

Wonderful song that really 'tells it like it is.' Congratulations on writing it. There is a thread for our poems on this site. It would be great to have your poem posted there and get more readers.

Thank you, Anthony and Treehugger. I now have found a copy of Husbands Secret. It should come next week.

TH where did you post it?

Please tell me where to find the book list or the name of the current book. Thanks.

Well, pardon me but I can't remember which book we are on now. Where do I go to find the book list? feeling lost!